Week 7 - Technology Strategies for the Performing Ensemble Classroom
I found another article on the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) website that discusses technology strategies for the performing ensemble classroom. Traditionally it has been very difficult or expensive to implement technology in the performing ensemble classroom. This article presents multiple options for free technology that helps organize, communicate and instruct. One of the main takeaways from this article is Music Monitor by MusOpen is a free mobile app that allows students to record and send practice sessions and assessments from their mobile devices. This, as well as the digital recorder found in current mobile devices provides an excellent method of assessing individual student performance. Playing tests can be done remotely or in a practice room, sent via email, assessed, and then later reviewed together by both student and teacher. This option is a great tool to hold students accountable for their own progress, as well as an easy way to collect playing tests and grade them. I have been looking for something like this for a unit we are working on right now and am going to try it with a small group of my students this week.
Original Article: https://nafme.org/technology-strategies-for-the-performing-ensemble-classroom/
Original Article: https://nafme.org/technology-strategies-for-the-performing-ensemble-classroom/
Hi Marc,
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying reading your blog each week to see how technology can be a good fit for a music classroom. The app you describe sounds like a really valuable tool for the classroom. At my school, our upper elementary students learn to read and play music by playing the recorder. Our music teacher has to evaluate their progress one-on-one, and often uses lunch time or before and after school to hear each student play. Giving students the option to play remotely, especially at a more convenient time, would be a game changer for both our music teacher and the students! I will be sharing this with our music teacher. :)
Maggie